Advanced Hepatology & Liver Transplant Care

By Dr. Chetan Kalal

When liver reports are unclear, advice is conflicting, or disease risk is uncertain — you need a clear clinical direction.

🧠 What This Practice Is Built For

This is not routine hepatology.
This practice focuses on decision-critical liver disease, where clarity impacts outcomes.

🔬 Core Areas of Expertise

Metabolic Liver Disease (MASLD / MASH)

• Differentiating low-risk fatty liver vs progressive disease

• Structured fibrosis risk assessment

• Long-term metabolic and liver risk planning

Cirrhosis & Advanced Liver Disease

• Management of decompensated cirrhosis

• Ascites, encephalopathy, and portal hypertension

• Prevention of complications and progression

Liver Transplant Medicine

• Recipient evaluation and timing decisions

• Complex donor assessment

• Post-transplant long-term management

👉 Where most delays occur:
late referral, unclear timing, incomplete evaluation

Unclear Diagnosis & Conflicting Opinions

• Persistent abnormal liver tests without diagnosis

• “Fatty liver” without risk stratification

• Multiple opinions without a defined plan

👉 If your reports are not translating into a clear plan,
your evaluation is incomplete.

⚖️ Second Opinion — With Clinical Direction

Most second opinions repeat existing advice.

This approach is different.

You receive:

• a structured case review

• clarity on what matters vs what doesn’t

• a defined next-step plan

👉 Not reassurance. Clinical direction.

🏥 Inpatient (IPD) Hepatology Expertise

• Acute-on-chronic liver failure

• High-risk hospital admissions

• ICU-level hepatology coordination

• Multidisciplinary decision-making

👉 This is hospital-level hepatology, not routine OPD care.

🌍 Consultation Access

• In-person consultations: Mumbai Metropolitan Region

• Virtual consultations: For complex cases and second opinions

🧭 Why Patients & Physicians Refer

• DM Hepatology (super-specialist training)

• Evidence-based, structured approach

• Focus on complex and unclear cases

• Known for clear clinical decision-making

🚫 What This Practice Is Not

• Not routine “fatty liver reassurance”

• Not supplement-based or shortcut treatment

• Not vague or non-committal opinions

✅ Who This Is For

• Conflicting medical advice

• Unclear diagnosis despite multiple consultations

• Need for fibrosis risk assessment

• Transplant evaluation or timing decisions

📞 Appointments & Contact

🌐 drchetankalal.com
In-person and virtual consultations available